Proctitis

Research from G. Karamanolis and co-researchers in the area of proctitis published

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 18th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Endoscopy, "And study aims: The optimal treatment of bleeding due to radiation proctitis is still controversial. Although argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been recently reported as an effective treatment, its efficacy in relation to disease severity is unknown."

"The study aims were to prospectively evaluate (i) the efficacy of APC in endoscopically mild and severe radiation proctitis, and (ii) the recurrence rate following successful treatment. 56 patients (mean age 68.4 years) with radiation proctitis after radiotherapy for prostate cancer were studied. All presented with rectal bleeding, occurring a...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-18)

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